THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1934.
WHAT COMES NEXT
IN AVIATION?
By J. L. HODSON.
Wward we shall take in avia- 38 tons of nearly 5,000 horse
are the next strides for-flaunched a Aying boat wehrhing
น
tion? How far are we from the power, and Mr. Wimperis does not ailent aeroplane? How long yet regard that as the limit.. baforo landing speed is so reduced
that you and I can begin to dy our Finally Mr. Wimperis spoke of a own machines with greatly dimin-ew use for aircraft in which ex- ished risk of a crash?
periments have recently taken. place in Northern Rhodesin-the With such questions as these work of fighting locust plagues. went to Mr. J. E. Wimperis, Direc-in this case a Moth acted as scout tor of Research at the Air and a Hercules de Haviland Ministry, ope of the world's machine acattered polsonous dust distinguished authorities.
(sodium arsenite) ahead swarm. The swarm was of brown cross the line of approach of the locusts, flying at 100 to 300 feet and at eight miles an hour. They did not try to avoid the dust, which they absorbed and considerable. mortality occurred.
I left him with the impression that the most picturesque develop- ment within the next few years will be the widespread use of the autogiro as the well-to-do private man's "cara machine that can rise anywhere and land, as Mr. Wimperis put it, "on n pocket handkerchief."
and
The South African Government has tried another method-that of The autogiro will do its steady they rested between dawn and the spraying locusta on the ground us 100 to 130 miles an hour over time when the day grows warm twice the speed any motor-car enough for them to fly.
averages,
Destruc- tlon of the thousands of millions
I suggested they might land on of locusts when the plagues are at our roofs. It was possible, he their height Mr. Wimperis does not agreed, but air currents and eddies think is feasible by aircraft, but would, perhaps, create diffenties, if they could be attacked at their His department is having an breeding places when their infesta. autogiro built that will hold four tion frat begins great effects might or five people, a machine in which be achieved. he can enrry out scientific investi gations and which will be at thei disposal also of the Director ofing places Is now being pursued, Civil Aviation.
Damage in the present Infestation I estimated nt seven million pusinile so the experiment's import.
NOISELES PLANES.
Investigations Into their breed.
We talked of the coming of thence can be gauged. noiseless aeroplano. Mr. Wimperia
snid there was probably an ir-
GREATER SPEEDS.
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with Mr.
Dying by an assassin's bullets, King Alexander 3 of Yugo-Slavin lay slumped in the seat of the automobile in which he was making a triumphal entry to Marseilles, as this pleture was taken at the tragedy scene. The photo was telephotoed from Marsailles to London. A short time later the monarch breathed his last, after being removed from the auto to the prefecture of police. One of the guards stationed by the death car watil the king could be removed is seen in the foreground.
FIGHT AGAINST DRINKING CLUBS
CARRIED TO HOUSE OF COMMONS
The recent announcement that reducible minimum of aircraft To this interview
there is to be A Parliamentary sound-but a good deal less than Wimperis may be added some ing clubs has created grent inter- campaign to wipe out bogus drink- that we are now familiar with. Tviews given to
Captain est. There are two chlef noises-that Geoffrey de Havilland, whose new of air screw and that of engine, Comet machines for the Australian The first is alrendy largely reduced fight attracted so much attention, by geared engines now beginning He thinks the next big move will to be widely used. Engine anise, be a greater concentration on com-
oni
Livered Traders will meet the A deputation from the Retail Home Secretary very shortly, after which the fight will be carried to
It was stated that a special Bill,
It is plain, can now he quelled also, mercial aircraft, which may posthe House of Commons, lo a very consideralife extent, but sibly within 19 years reach 20 the price to paid is additional, miles an hour cruising speed. weight. Dangers of fire on ernsh enter into it too, although
As to lover Jamling speeds, it need not regard thean an unavoidery doubtful whether present able. Civil machines that
landing speeds will be or need be comparatively silent we
reduced. But flaps and similar nusy devices will keep them down. "It pect soon it depends on public demand.
is more a matter of steepening the
once Council of the Christian) is being promoted by the Temper. Churches and that it would have the support of the bona-fide club organisations.
It is now learned, however, thati
the
Military fighting machines are ni gilding nagle of "clean" machines the clubs have printed a Bill of different affair; operational spedby the use of air brakes taps, their own which is waiting to be is not, obviously, going to be sacri- cic.) combined with good control introduced as soon as Parliament- feed to save noise there, and good view." Aircraft of theary time permits. parenthesis ane may ask? What of
2-4 seater type will, he believes,: the Night Bomber quietly sailing
become cheaper, but
Apparently bigredne-
Temperance Council's proposals cannot be ne over and dropping horror and in a short time is unlikely. desolation from a quiet sky?!
All machines will tend to be cepted by the bona-fide clubs, as How much added weight would come cheaper and not less safe in their provisions go much too far quietness entail on nn air liner? Government control of civil ma- from the clubman's point of view..
Jehines is removed. (The Garel!
A
I asked. Mr. Wimperis thought it Committee has recommended it might be that of half a person,! thus reducing the passengers hy should be,) onė. But redhead huggage would!
Herve, of course.
MODERATE LIMIT.
In the Schneider Trophy contents speeds were reached of 407.6 miles an hour, Mr. Wimperis doubts . we shall see eivil machines flying faster than about 300 miles an hour. It is very largely a ques-, tion of added expense. To put up! speed from 100 to 200 miles an hour requires eight times the! horse-power.
After you reach the speed of 550) miles an hour the "drag" or air resistance rises indeed like a wall. "An enormous increase in horse! power would not
Ket you
"Approved" firms are allowed to employ their own inspectors, but there are other Government regu. lations tending towards delay expense, he says,
PRINCE VISITS INVENTORS
Pickle Tongs And Lemon Squeezers
The Prince of Wales paid a further," he said. The retractable Exhibition of inventions at the any surprise visit to the International under-carriage (drawn up into the Central Hall. Westminster. fuselage after ascent) is likely be used all over the world. he be-month, and spent nearly two hours working ingenious "gadgets" with
last
lieves. The Americans have led their inventors. He bought three in this and have talked of speed of lemon squeezers for making lemon- 600 miles an hour for models ade, and spent several minutes akin to our Schneider Trophy picking out pickled onions with machines.)
patent pickle tongs.
asked Mr. Wimperis what added speed he thought drawing When the Prince reached Mrs. up the wheels would give the Elizabeth Richards, who is the first average 160 mp.h, machine. He woman in the history of the ex- thought about 10 miles.
hibition to win the premier gold
We discussed (quite speculative-medal award, he shook hands with ly) the Schneider model. To draw her and congratulated her heartily. up its oats would necessitate al
device of such weight as to lose) When a new game of table cricket more than the gain. Again, if the with a wooden batsman was shown floats were dropped off, how would to him, he was greatly amused to the pilot leave the machine?
see à ball strike the batsman. He saw no way except by parn-"That is an excellent indoor de- chute and that would be extremely monstration of body-line bowling" difficult and risky.
he remarked,
Probably the chosen moment would have to be after an upward Tennant for holding the telephone- The invention of the Hon. Mrs. zoom and at the Instant the to the ear on a wooden arm inter- machine hung, as it were, upwards, cated him. "Its simplicity is the before descant began.
great thing," he said. "I should
When a device for preventing
Besides the retractable under-think it would, be a great help to carriage and the use of self-in person who was in bed ill, or to starters and brakes there is the very busy business man." propeller of variable pitch. This again has been used more fre- quently in the United States a nicotine from a pipe gotting into matter of one angle for propulsion, the mouthpicco was shown to him. Mr. Wimperis said it results in he nodded understandingly. "I am more weight and its advantages are a pipe smoker myself," he said, limited; there are doubts here as and I think this is a jolly fine to how worth while it is for normalides.' aeroplanes.
He inspected an ingenious key
I referred to the report that the burglar alarm which was invented French have carried by airplane, and fired from the air one of the by Mr. John Delmore Taylor, of famous 75's (a piece of artillery) Glasgow, and has been tested by and ho pointed out that aircraft
Scotland Yard. have transported recently in New Guinean good deal of mining the Prince saw was an appliance Another Scottish Invention which equipment by air-the heaviest for humanely trapping ground ploces something like 2 tons.vermin, devised by Mr. Donald Cat- As long as two years ago. we tanach, of Kingussie D
tenders, who are anxious to stamp This also appiles to the licensed out bogus club, though they are! not prepared to support the more sweeping reforms to be proposed by the Churches.
An all-round athlete in Crown Prince Peter, who succeeds to the Yugo-Slavian throne of his assassinated father, King Alexander I. The boy is shown hero rowing on the lake at Ted, famous mountain resort of his homeland,
gistration conditions it will then
The bona-fide cluba will claimirestore, some
All sections of opinion. acom. to be possible for the Government to be united in opposition to the one- that if the drinking dens are wiped which were taken away from the which is to sell drink during pro. of the privileges man club, the only purpose of out by stricter regulations and re- ordinary clubs during the war. thibited hours.
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